North Bend’s girls were second and Bandon third while Marshfield’s boys were fifth in the 15-school Wally Ciochetti Invitational track and field meet at Cottage Grove, the final tuneup for the schools before this week’s district meets.
North Bend hosts the Sky-Em League district meet on Friday and Saturday with Marshfield and the league’s other teams.
Bandon hosts its Class 2A district meet, for Special District 3, with the other South Coast schools and others in southern Oregon, on Saturday.
Coquille competes in the Class 3A District 5 meet on Friday and Saturday at Sutherlin. That site also hosts Myrtle Point, Powers and Pacific and the rest of Class 1A District 2.
The state meet is next week at Hayward Field in Eugene with the Class 3A, 2A and 1A squads competing Thursday and Friday and the larger schools Friday and Saturday.
Drew Hood won two events and was second in a third to lead North Bend’s girls at Cottage Grove.
The junior took the triple jump, edging teammate Lauren Efraimson, with Hood leaping 34 feet, 4 ½ inches and Efraimson 34-4.
In the 100 hurdles, Hood finished in 16.49, a new best, with Bandon’s Makiah Vierck second (16.85) and Marley Petrey sixth (17.24).
In the javelin, Bandon’s Caitlyn Michalek won with a throw of 121-7, while Hood threw 119-8 to finish second. Bandon’s Katelyn Senn was third (116-1) and Marshfield’s Paige Macduff eighth (98-0).
Roxy Day won the pole vault for North Bend, clearing 9-6, with Marshfield’s Isabel Ashton part of a tied for third (7-6).
North Bend also got a win by Ellie Massey in the 1,500, with a new bet 4:56.52. Bandon’s Safaa Dimitruk was eighth (5:23.25). Dimitruk also was eighth in the 800 (2:37.31).
Bandon also got wins by Analise Miller in the 3,000 (11:23.91) and Giada Moore in the 300 hurdles (48.04). Marshfield’s Lily Thompson was eighth in the 3,000 (12:50.18).
Bandon’s Makenna Vierck was third in the 200 (27.43) and seventh in the 100 (13.37). North Bend’s Eva Jensen was fourth in the 200 (27.47) and fifth in the 100 (13.30).
Bandon was fifth in both the 4x100 (52.37) and 4x400 (4:23.49) relays.
Marshfield’s Daphne Scriven won the discus (118-9) and was fourth in the shot put (34-10). North Bend’s Jensen was sixth in the discus (92-10).
North Bend’s Emma Slade tied for third in the high jump (4-10) and teammate Za’riya Carr was fifth (4-8).
Petrey finished third in the long jump for Bandon (16-8 ¼).
Marshfield swept the boys relays, with the quartet of Joe Herbert, Quinton Kloster, Carter McGriff and Bodey Lutes edging Crook County in the 4x100 (43.07 to 43.12 for the Cowboys). In the 4x400, Herbert, Kloster, Chandler Wyatt and Lutes won in 3:25.80.
The Pirates also had the top two finishers in the pole vault, with Danner Wilson and John Parks both clearing 14-6, Wilson winning based on fewer misses. Bandon’s Noah Brown was third (12-6) and Kloster was fifth for Marshfield (11-6).
Marshfield’s Jaxson Stovall was fifth in the 1,500 (4:15.09) and third in the 3,000 (9:18.73).
North Bend’s Wyatt Smith was second in the javelin (169-9) with Marshfield’s Chance Browning eighth (140-7).
Miles Baxter was third in the high jump for the Bulldogs, clearing 6-0. Teammate Cole Hansen was part of a big tie for seventh (5-4).
Parks was sixth (19-5 ¾) and Baxter seventh (19-0) in the long jump. North Bend’s Lanon Takenaka-Gaul was seventh in the triple jump (38-9 ½).
Philomath won the girls team title with 85 points, while North Ben had 77.5 and Bandon 71.
In the boys team race, Crook County was the champion with 127 points. Marshfield had 55.5.
PACIFIC INVITATIONAL: Coquille’s Holli Vigue won all three throwing events to lead the Red Devils to the girls team title. Vigue won the shot put (34-2), discus (121-10) and javelin (108-5).
Teammate Bryleigh Mead won the 800 (2:39.78) and 1,500 (5:12.42). Ada Millet won the 300 hurdles (50.44) and Reagan Krantz cleared 11-4 to take the pole vault.
Bandon’s Analise Miller won the 100 (13.63) and 400 (1:03.56) and teammate Giada Moore took the 200 (28.58) and Marley Petrey won in her first attempt at the 100 hurdles (17.43).
Myrtle Point won the 4x100 relay (53.09) and Milena Miller won the triple jump for the Bobcats (29-9).
On the boys side, Myrtle Point’s Thomas Ferren won the 100 (11.60) and 200 (23.39) and teammate Mason Detzler won the shot put (51-2) and discus (157-0).
Brody LIgons won the long jump (18-9) and Cash Miller the 3,000 (9:57.66) for the Bobcats, who also won the 4x100 relay (46.06).
Pacific got wins by Tucker Long in both the 110 hurdles (16.4) and 300 hurdles (42.80) and Tristan Knapp in the 1,500 (4:48.90). The Pirates also won the 4x400 relay (3:53.09).
Bandon got wins by Tyler Senn in the high jump (5-4) and Noah Brown in the pole vault (11-6).
Coquille’s Josiah Flores won the 400 (58.62).
Pacific won the boys team title with 112.5 points, while Myrtle Point and Brookings-Harbor both had 97.
Coquille won the girls title with 140.5 points, edging Brookings-Harbor (129.5).
TOLEDO INVITATIONAL: Coquille had several wins on Friday night in its final regular-season meet.
Vigue won both the shot put (33-2) and discus (124-0). Callie Millet was second in the discus (98-11) and won the javelin (126-10) with Vigue second (87-3). Millet also was second in the long jump (14-0).
Emelia Wirebaugh won the triple jump (31-6 ¼) and was part of a second-place tie in the high jump (4-8).
On the track, Mead won the 3,000 (11:40) and was third in the 1,500 (5:15.81) and Ada Millet was second in the 300 hurdles (50.17).
MAY THE FOURTH
BE WITH YOU: Myrtle Point had a number of winners in the big meet at Illinois Valley High School in Cave Junction on Saturday.
Mason Detzler won the shot put (50-8) and discus (147-6) for the Bobcats. Thomas Ferren won the 110 hurdles (16.92) and was second in the 100 in a photo finish (11.68). Cash Miller was second in both the 1,500 (4:29.94) and 3,000 (10:18.65). Brody Ligons was second in the long jump (19-1).
For the girls, Jayme Padgett won the discus (108-11) and was second in the shot put (28-8). Kenzie Robinson won the javelin (113-1).
Rebekah Nicholson was second in the 3,000 (13:03.10).
Myrtle Point’s boys won the 11-team meet with 99 points, beating Brookings-Harbor (93). Myrtle Point’s girls finished third, well behind winner St. Mary’s and Brookings-Harbor.
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